No matter how closely you approach a Bornean
hornedfrog (left), it won't budge. It acts as if its cam
ouflage makes it invisible,and it very nearly does.
Findingone is extremely difficult. In this case the
reflection of its eyes in my headlamp beam gave it
away. With a mouth as wide as half its body length, the hornedfrog simply waitsfor prey to pass by,
and a large spider like this leggy tarantulaemergingfrom its webbed retreat(above) would make a
fine meal. The Malay civet (top) activelyforagesfor anything edible. A bait offish lured it to this site
in Gunung PalungNationalPark,Indonesia, where it tripped my remote-controlledcamera. Unfor
tunately Gunung Palung,like many parks in Indonesia, is now beingdevastated by illegal logging,
and there seems to be little politicalmeans or will to stop it.
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